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mainstream
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mainstream has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
mainstream, n.
The prevailing opinion or practise; as, the doctor avoided using therapies outside the mainstream of modern medical practice. [PJC]
mainstream, v. t.
TO place (a student) in regular school classes; -- used especially of mentally or physically handicapped children. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mainstream, n.
1 (often attrib.) the prevailing trend in opinion, fashion, etc.
2 a type of jazz based on the 1930s swing style and consisting esp. of solo improvisation on chord sequences.
3 the principal current of a river.
1 (often attrib.) the prevailing trend in opinion, fashion, etc.
2 a type of jazz based on the 1930s swing style and consisting esp. of solo improvisation on chord sequences.
3 the principal current of a river.
THESAURUS
mainstream
Zeitgeist, bearing, course, current, direction, drift, glacial movement, line, main current, motion, movement, run, set, stream, swing, tenor, the general tendency, the main course, time spirit, tone, trend
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